Comments on: Bronze Shines More Than Gold http://www.notnews.org/comics/bronze-shines-more-than-gold/ Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Thomer http://www.notnews.org/comics/bronze-shines-more-than-gold/#comment-278 Dave Thomer Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:50:12 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/comics/bronze-shines-more-than-gold.html#comment-278 I gotta admit, I appreciate those stories more for their historical importance than for themselves. Denny O'Neil got a little ham-handed at times - but then again, the medium wasn't exactly shooting for subtlety even at that point. Not a lotta room for subtext, and when you're talking about serious issues with many shades of meaning, it can be a difficult collision. Neal Adams, on the hand, that guy could certainly draw. I gotta admit, I appreciate those stories more for their historical importance than for themselves. Denny O’Neil got a little ham-handed at times – but then again, the medium wasn’t exactly shooting for subtlety even at that point. Not a lotta room for subtext, and when you’re talking about serious issues with many shades of meaning, it can be a difficult collision.

Neal Adams, on the hand, that guy could certainly draw.

]]> By: Robn http://www.notnews.org/comics/bronze-shines-more-than-gold/#comment-276 Robn Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:37:29 +0000 http://www.notnews.org/comics/bronze-shines-more-than-gold.html#comment-276 I haven't read that much of the stuff from the 60s and 70s, but the Green Arrow / Green Lantern crossover stuff from that era (full of civil rights goodness) is one of my all time favorite stories. I haven’t read that much of the stuff from the 60s and 70s, but the Green Arrow / Green Lantern crossover stuff from that era (full of civil rights goodness) is one of my all time favorite stories.

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